WTF??!
Why would you have a semi-western grip with volleys and why would you just jump around at the net area..(volleys)
Why would you just look over the net and smack the ball..(service)
Why would you use 2 hands on FH and BH for additional power..(backhand)
Why the hell would you ever use a slice grip for a forehand topspin..(topspin)

This is so freaking cracked up.. just feeling stupid after watching these vids!

I found these videos informative; they were well constructed and answered many of the elusive questions I've had towards the game. The "toss and smack" serve tip was especially helpful with my serve, so was knowing which box to "smack" it into. My NTRP incrased +1.0 after watching this (I'm a 5.0 now, yippee!).

Hmm this looks like MTM stuff, keep it simple!........naa I'm kidding. Actually, after reading parts of Burwash's book and working where he first got his idea for PBI I wouldn't be surprised if these were PBI coaches :twisted:
Ok I'm too cynical, but its fun :mrgreen:

I found these videos informative; they were well constructed and answered many of the elusive questions I've had towards the game. The "toss and smack" serve tip was especially helpful with my serve, so was knowing which box to "smack" it into. My NTRP incrased +1.0 after watching this (I'm a 5.0 now, yippee!).

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LoL! Anyone else notice how she was holding the 2h backhand? Both hands together on top of each other like some super grip on the bottom of the racquet. Crazy.

The only ones you can take even remotely seriously are done by guys. Not being sexist or anything, but as far as I've seen (and they're so bad I don't care to look any further into it for fear of ruining my game), all the girls there suck and don't know what the hell they are talking about.

They had a decent on done by a guy about kick serves and kick serve returns. I didn't completely agree with them, but at least it wasn't nearly as terrible as the aforementioned videos.

Are you saying this is a bad lesson because the instructor is just feeding balls to this kid?

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Nope, feeding is fine. Its a tool, just like using live ball drills, practice matches and others. There's quite a few to list here, if you watch it again carefully you should pick them up easily. Stuff such as the speed and difficulty of the drills themselves especially for a young and pretty good player like the kid in the video. Its good to work on strokes but it doesn't look like he needs it especially at that slow speed which I think is lazy on the coaches part especially looking back and analyzing every shot. As a coach myself who's been around that tells me he's full of it. Besides when was the last time you played a match and got to hit balls that were fed to you perfectly like that? To me its the classic feed it nice and easy and make the player look good routine. Another one is the coach has him return back to the center of the court after a cross court shot on his forehand. Its improper programming of the player and something he'll end up doing automatically in the future without even knowing. Maybe I'm being harsh, maybe not. I don't know all the facts about the lesson, only 2 short clips and maybe they were working on technique but that slow? However there's enough in there and it is my opinion nothing more.

Here's a good example of a much better lesson ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJFb__5961Q ) Skip the bs beginning and go to 3:10 in the video. Watch this coaches body language and involvement in the drills and how he works the player and I don't just mean physically by trying to get him tired.

Nope, feeding is fine. Its a tool, just like using live ball drills, practice matches and others. There's quite a few to list here, if you watch it again carefully you should pick them up easily. Stuff such as the speed and difficulty of the drills themselves especially for a young and pretty good player like the kid in the video. Its good to work on strokes but it doesn't look like he needs it especially at that slow speed which I think is lazy on the coaches part especially looking back and analyzing every shot. As a coach myself who's been around that tells me he's full of it. Besides when was the last time you played a match and got to hit balls that were fed to you perfectly like that? To me its the classic feed it nice and easy and make the player look good routine. Another one is the coach has him return back to the center of the court after a cross court shot on his forehand. Its improper programming of the player and something he'll end up doing automatically in the future without even knowing. Maybe I'm being harsh, maybe not. I don't know all the facts about the lesson, only 2 short clips and maybe they were working on technique but that slow? However there's enough in there and it is my opinion nothing more.

Here's a good example of a much better lesson ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJFb__5961Q ) Skip the bs beginning and go to 3:10 in the video. Watch this coaches body language and involvement in the drills and how he works the player and I don't just mean physically by trying to get him tired.

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Yeah, I agree wasn't the best lesson. I just kinda thought it was such a short clip of the lesson that it might not really be a good indicator of what he was doing overall. I completely agree with you on the improper programming. He hits the ball pretty well but they seemed very unconcerned about positioning or footwork (split step or quick recovery etc). I just wouldn't put it in the same league as what I originally posted though